Manuel Alfaro

Manolo Alfaro

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Personal information
Full name	Manuel Alfaro de la Torre
Date of birth	(1971-01-19) 19 January 1971
Place of birth	Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Alcalá
	Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1992	Atlético B
1990–1994	Atlético Madrid	25	(3)
1993–1994	→ Valladolid (loan)	5	(0)
1994–1998	Hércules	132	(42)
1998–2000	Villarreal	49	(13)
2000–2001	Murcia	14	(0)
2001–2003	Hércules	30	(9)
International career
1988	Spain U19	1	(0)
Managerial career
2004–2005	Alcalá (assistant)
2006–2007	Jove Español
2007–2008	San Fernando Henares
2009–2010	Talavera
2010–2012	Toledo
2013	Jorge Wilstermann
2015	Orihuela
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Alfaro and the second or maternal family name is De la Torre.

Manuel "Manolo" Alfaro de la Torre (born 19 January 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker, and a current manager.

His 12-year professional career was mainly associated with Hércules, for which he scored more than 60 official goals whilst competing in all three major levels of Spanish football.

Playing career

Born in Alcalá de Henares, Community of Madrid, Alfaro made his professional debuts with the team at which he finished his football formation, Atlético Madrid. He appeared rarely for the Colchoneros' first team, with 19 of his 25 appearances coming in the 1992–93 season, and was also loaned to Real Valladolid during his link with the Spanish capital team.

In 1994, Alfaro signed for Hércules CF, scoring 20 Segunda División goals in his first two seasons combined, including 12 in the 1995–96 campaign en route to a La Liga return after a ten-year absence for the Alicante outfit. In the following year he netted a career-best 15 goals, but his team was immediately relegated back.

In 1998–99 Alfaro produced another solid season in the top flight, now with Villarreal CF (35 games and 12 goals), but suffered another relegation. After years battling with chronic tendinitis he decided to retire from football in December 2002, aged only 31; his last club was Hércules, now in Segunda División B.

Manager career

After his retirement, Alfaro coached mainly in amateur football. In the 2004–05 season he worked alongside former Hércules teammate Josip Višnjić at hometown's RSD Alcalá, acting as director of football, youth coordinator and first-team assistant manager for the third division club; in the following year, he returned to his main team Hércules as a scout.

After two seasons in Tercera División with as many teams, Alfaro again worked with Hércules, as director of football. In 2009–10 he returned to coaching duties in the category where he left off, with Talavera CF, but the team folded soon after. In November 2010 he was appointed at another fourth level club, CD Toledo.

Honours

Player

Atlético Madrid

• Copa del Rey: 1990–91, 1991–92

Hércules

• Segunda División: 1995–96

Manager

Toledo

• Tercera División: 2010–11

External links

• Manuel Alfaro profile at BDFutbol
• Manuel Alfaro manager profile at BDFutbol